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I have been dealing with extracting photos from Google photos in a reasonable way. That experience has reminded the only backup is the backup you fully control. Download your content, duplicate it on a second disk, and use a general purpose cloud storage system to sync it.

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Does google takeout not work? I’ve been intending to help my partner move off of Google Photos and takeout is what I had planned.

It works well.

You can submit bulk requests but as of a few years ago the full resolution isn't uploaded unless you are on their premium plan, the best option is to pull them from the devices directly.

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